New guy in PA

I bought my '00 in Hickory PA last Sept. You on the west side of the 'Burgh by chance?

My last project on it was to install risers and bars. Cost me less than $150, soup to nuts. Here's a good thread with lots of info from another website: Adding Superbike Bars To Your Bike - Modifications - VFR Discussion

 

No I'm about 40 minutes east.
I stumbled across that super bike set up and it sounds pretty easy to do. I want to keep the bike as stock looking as possible though. I started to get a little used to the riding position.

 

I'm bored at work. Here is a vid of my Honda CB1 I made before I sold it.
1990 Honda CB1 CB400F Walk Around - YouTube

 

Mouse Horrors. I popped the air clear lid off and boy was I in for a surprise. This is actually after I shop vac'd some of it.

Thankfully nothing made it below the filter.
So...no RR until Tuesday, hopefully the filter I ordered comes in soon. I'm going to have to change the oil soon. Got my new rubber on. Front pads are shot.
Ordered some EBC HHs since everyone seems to recommend them. I'm going to have a brand new bike soon.

 

Damn Durk! Its gonna feel like a new bike getting that nest out of there.

 

Yup.
This week weather-wise is pretty bad for riding. I'm going to get set up to solder the stator in tomorrow night when my RR comes in. I forgot I already had heat shrink tubing and all the supplies.

 

:hss:This only happen in the mid west and east coast........In the west coast there are no creatures left.....The Asian (Chinese) eat them all.

 

Never happened to me.....wait, there was Vegas earlier this year. But I was also visiting there.

Welcome to the site. Nice acquisition. Including the surprised nest. The little creatures are the main ingredients to Scubalong's Pho

 

Wow. I dunno about you, but at times like these I have a chat with my more diabolical friends about an appropriate and measured response for the seller...

 

Those choice words would be better aimed at the dealer that passed this bike's inspection.
The guy that sold it to me didn't work on it himself. He had no idea. So far this dealer passed this bike with 13 year old dry rot tires, almost NO front brake pads, and the literal rats nest in the air box. They didn't even bother to adjust his chain. They changed the oil, you'd think they'd take 2 seconds and check out the rest of the bike. At least for it's second life it will be maintained.
It has been raining a lot here in western Pa, so I'm not missing ride time. It's supposed to rain pretty much the rest of the week and the majority of my stuff is coming in. RR today, pads tomorrow, front fork oil around Friday or Sat.
The air filter is taking forever. I made the mistake of buying one off ebay coming from China. Blah. I bought UNI foam and am going to gut the mouse filter and clean it and make a uni filter.

 

Here's what was in my airbox. Maybe they were cousins?

 

Looks like a cat got sucked through the air filter.

 

I found a few other pics on the net of mice nests in VFR air boxes. I guess they must be easy to get into.
So my R/R came. Got it all back together. I ended up gutting and cleaning the mouse filter. Glued in some DIY foam air filter sheets and sprayed it with K&N filter oil. That will have to make due until my filter is delivered.
Rolled the bike out, was happy to hear the fuel pump. She fired right up. I verified the battery was charging.
So phase 1 of the refreshing is winding down. I should have the front pads on and fork oil done by this weekend. Hopefully I can enjoy riding season without getting into phase 2. Phase 2 will be rear brake pads, clutch and brake fluid change, sprockets, chain replacement, and wiring in my accessories.

 

I concluded that all the nest material was just extra filtration, and the cleaner air was probably making some serious horsepower.
I have a whole laundry list of things to do to this bike this winter. I've already put 1000 miles on the bike though, it's a joy to ride.

 

I had one fry riding it back home from the PO's place so I can certainly identify with the sense of disgust you are feeling.

On another note, I've bought lots of good stuff around Pittsburgh. I found a pristine 5th gen in Cannonsburg and an Acura MDX (CAGE) just north east in Indiana Pa. Gave me a reason to drive through Punxsutawney, the place where the large rat predicts the weather. LOL

 

You need to look down below the throttle bodies! I bet ya find something like this and inside you will find that they have been chewing on the power cables.

 

Everything looked ok down there, they did eat away at some of the plenum.
So as an update, I finally got some stuff for it.
I won a zero gravity DB windsreen off ebay for $10.
I just bought heli bars off a member here for $85.
Feeling pretty proud of myself. I thought I could hold off on the heli bars, but after a couple 100+ mile rides my wrists, elbows and shoulders were sore. All I need is a better seat and I'll be ready to munch some serious miles.

 

Well with the shortage of real leather up here in the cold north country, we just take weekend trips to PA, find a few holsteins and when nobody is watching, we skin em alive and then retreat across the border before anyone notices. This activity is generally blamed on UFOs so have never been caught.

When we get back home, we process the hides on the back porch and then hand sew them into custom seats full of shedding pussy fur as they are in abundance up here. The results look like the image below. I fear that with everyone buying the schticky, we will have a harder time locating the soft pussy fur in the future. Not sure how we will deal with this.